Audiobooks Poetry Rhymes for the Nursery Preface

Rhymes for the Nursery

by Ann TAYLOR (1782 - 1866)

Preface

Rhymes for the Nursery

This early 19th-century children's poetry collection by Jane and Ann Taylor is little-known today, but contains the original version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, known then as just The Star. Also included are poems about why you shouldn't kill kittens, birds and flies, a poem about how you can be seriously scarred if you play with fire, and a poem about a homeless man who cries himself to sleep because of how naughty he was a child. (Jordan)

Listen next episodes of Rhymes for the Nursery:
Poems 1-9 , Poems 10-18 , Poems 19-27 , Poems 28-36 , Poems 37-45 , Poems 46-54 , Poems 55-63 , Poems 64-72 , Poems 73-81